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Science outreach events

Umeå University researchers disseminate their knowledge and their research outside the University through various events and public lectures.

In our calendar, you can read about upcoming public lectures.

More information is available on the Swedish page.

Upcoming defences of doctoral theses

Daniel Per Gustaf Nilsson, Experimental Physics
Fri
9
Oct
Daniel Per Gustaf Nilsson, Experimental Physics
Time 09:00 - 13:00 9 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place BIO.A.206 – Aula Anatomica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Democratizing biophysical instrumentation: development of open-source tools using additive manufacturing.

Sargam Gupta, Computing Science
Fri
16
Oct
Sargam Gupta, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 16 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place NAT.D.470.

Defence of doctoral thesis. On the Limits of Privacy in Federated Learning: Personalization and Adversarial Analysis.

Saeideh Ghanbari Azar, Computing Science
Wed
21
Oct
Saeideh Ghanbari Azar, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 21 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE301 – Lilla hörsalen, KBC.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Generalization, Imbalance, and Data Generation in Machine Learning.

Arvid Krantz-Horned, Computing Science
Fri
23
Oct
Arvid Krantz-Horned, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 23 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place KBE301 – Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. What looks difficult to navigate on a map? An analysis of perceived route difficulty from the perspective of a map reader.

Emelie Laveborn – medicine
Fri
23
Oct
Emelie Laveborn – medicine
Time 13:00 - 16:00 23 October 13:00 - 16:00
Place Auditorium Betula

Defence of doctoral thesis. Cardiac implications of haemodialysis.

Igor Ryazanov, Computing Science
Mon
26
Oct
Igor Ryazanov, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 26 October 13:00 - 17:00
Place NAT.D.440.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Computational Analysis of Linguistic Agency.

November

Andres Garrido Aparicio - Molecular Biology
Thu
5
Nov
Andres Garrido Aparicio - Molecular Biology
Time 13:00 - 16:00 5 November 13:00 - 16:00
Place NAT.D.360

Defence of doctoral thesis. Andres GarridoAparicio defends his doctoral thesis entitled The role of catalytic activities within Polycomb and Trithorax regulatory systems.

Johan Eriksson - medical science
Fri
6
Nov
Johan Eriksson - medical science
Time 13:00 - 16:00 6 November 13:00 - 16:00
Place Bergasalen

Defence of doctoral thesis. Johan Eriksson dissertation: Surgical logistics – From operating room organisation to patient-reported outcomes in breast cancer surgery.

Jayalakshmi Baskar, Computing Science
Fri
13
Nov
Jayalakshmi Baskar, Computing Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 13 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place MIT.A.121.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Argument-based Person-Tailored Human-Agent Dialogues to Support Health and Well-Being in Older Adults.

Hanna Axén, Physical geography
Fri
20
Nov
Hanna Axén, Physical geography
Time 09:00 - 13:00 20 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora hörsalen, KBC (KBE303).

Defence of doctoral thesis. Patterns and drivers of carbon cycling in old growth boreal forests.

Anders Erlandsson – otorhinolaryngology
Fri
20
Nov
Anders Erlandsson – otorhinolaryngology
Time 09:00 - 12:00 20 November 09:00 - 12:00
Place Auditorium Betula, Norrland University Hospital

Defence of doctoral thesis. Upper airway stenosis – in relation to surgical technique, causation, and impact on quality of life.

Erika Olofsson - Medical Science/Nursing
Fri
20
Nov
Erika Olofsson - Medical Science/Nursing
Time 09:00 - 12:00 20 November 09:00 - 12:00
Place Aula Biologica

Defence of doctoral thesis. Erika Olofsson will defend his doctoral thesis in surgery, entitled Hip fracture - associated factors, mortality, and experience of recovery.

Diego Alejandro Miranda, Chemistry
Fri
27
Nov
Diego Alejandro Miranda, Chemistry
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place BIO.E.203 – Aula Biologica.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Biopolymers Inside and Out - Bacterial cell factories for biopolymers production from residual biomass.

Lars Nilsson - Medical Science
Fri
27
Nov
Lars Nilsson - Medical Science
Time 09:00 - 12:00 27 November 09:00 - 12:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Pulmonary embolism beyond the acute phase: long-term symptoms, sequelae, and survival

Joakim Lundberg - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Fri
27
Nov
Joakim Lundberg - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 November 09:00 - 13:00
Place 921 (sal B)

Defence of doctoral thesis. Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting and Orthognathic Surgery in Individuals with Cleft Lip and Palate – Surgical, Functional and Experiential Outcomes

December

Anindya Sundar Das, Computing Science
Tue
1
Dec
Anindya Sundar Das, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 1 December 13:00 - 17:00
Place MIT.A.121

Defence of doctoral thesis. Unmasking the Unknown: Addressing Anomalies for Trustworthy AI.

Maria Ivanova - Medical Science with a specialisation in Molecular Biology
Thu
3
Dec
Maria Ivanova - Medical Science with a specialisation in Molecular Biology
Time 09:00 - 13:00 3 December 09:00 - 13:00
Place Major Groove, Building 6L, NUS

Defence of doctoral thesis. The development and deployment of scalable genetic tools to examine malaria parasite-host interactions

Qian Zhang - cell biology
Fri
4
Dec
Qian Zhang - cell biology
Time 09:00 - 13:00 4 December 09:00 - 13:00
Place Aula anatomica, BIO.A.206

Defence of doctoral thesis. Corneal Mechanobiology and Homeostasis - The Influence of Mechanical Strain on Keratocyte Phenotype and Function

Magnus Vestin - Medical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Fri
4
Dec
Magnus Vestin - Medical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Time 13:00 - 16:00 4 December 13:00 - 16:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Evaluation of Compassion-Focused Therapist-Led Internet-Based Group Treatment for Young People and Psychometric Analysis of the MADRS-Y Questionnaire

Sofia Behndig - Medical Science
Fri
11
Dec
Sofia Behndig - Medical Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 11 December 09:00 - 13:00
Place Bergasalen

Defence of doctoral thesis. MRI-methods to study distribution and flow of CSF in normal pressure hydrocephalus: a study on DESH and the glymphatic system

Ivan Ejdemyr - Medical Sciences with a focus on Psychiatry
Wed
16
Dec
Ivan Ejdemyr - Medical Sciences with a focus on Psychiatry
Time 13:00 - 16:00 16 December 13:00 - 16:00
Place Triple Helix

Defence of doctoral thesis. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Personality Traits in Anorexia Nervosa: Assessment, Clinical Relevance, and Change During Treatment